Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-01
BAKERS DEFENSE.
TCoutiaued from 7Hird Page. J

George Knox said saw the defendant
IN the morning of May 10th; he was com
! inc down the road from the Cove ana
n,ssed me AT WilcoxsoI's house; hearu
/ the alarm OF murder given within elght oT
ten minutes after he passed tine mouse !
continued walking after | SAW hlni liiu
walked about one hundred and nifty yards
! when ! heard the alarm.
| ross-examination-l saw Boxer about
a half an hour after the train had gone
/ down. did not see him stop after he got 10
tbeJ McWha house; | was carrying water
when | passed him; have no idea OF the
correct time that elapsed alter saw BAKER
until heard the alarm; don't remember
of seeing any woman going down The road
in Il buggy.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dora Hindman was the first witness
called: | am law student ana Schooi
teacher. In the tall of lS-6 | was teach
iur school at ElderSviIle, Pennsylvania.
Ihad been teaching private school at
Cross Crack. left it and came home
On INV way back | saw Mr.. Baker on
tine train; he asked me what | was do
inc and | told him. | recollect the
first Sunday in October OF 1855; | was at
cburch that day. On the next day week
/ bepau teaching at Eldersyille. Mr.
Baker wrote a letter resigniug his school
and recommending me October lth-Mon-
day. received notice that J would sue
coed Baker on that day aud went 10 see
MIR. Smith about it. Baker had been al
our house while | was away he saw my
brother and told him he wanted me to
take his place; that was Oh sunday, the
Ri [ saw nv brother about O'Clock
that evening and he told me about the
circumstance. Baker did not 20 West TIL
a day or two after that
MARCELLIS BAKER SWORN,
s,id. am SON of the defendant; My
f,ther had been teaching school i'll the fall
of ls-G at Eldersyille; he quit teaching
am Friday. October |, and authorized me
an Saturday 10 get his wages; ! got the
money and handed it to him at the Cove,
and then went on to StcuhenvIlle; |
spent the evening at my brother - my
father was not in the city that day l
SAW my father again on Monday morning
| was bearing Il letter from HIM I" MI
smith rtsigning his school ! gave inc
letter to some one at the station II deliver
"a Mr.. Smith; | slald IN StrubcnNille on
SATURDAY. and Sunday; my father was not
in the city that day; last saw him he
fore he went west at Golfers Station on
Monday morning, October /
4 postal card written 10 the prisoner by
tbr witness ou May > was Identified by
the witness and submitted in evidence.
Cross-eXamnati0m- card was mailed
at Prospect Village ON May second; 1t
wpuld arrive at the Cove on the thlrd' II
stated that the prisoners father was IN
rroyiug in health: | collected forty dolldlS
WAGES for my father for the month OF sep |
truhrr: | was at home on the evening oi
Nav 9th and saw my father at Cross
Creek he stayed all night at grandtath- |
rr's. he ate his supper and then went
down street: he had a satchcl with him;
ne brouybt a bundle from down street
and put it in the satchrl; 1t was empty
when he put the bundle in; slept with
him that night, and did not notice any
thing unusual about his manner; while he
was at Cross Creek he made arrangements
for NV brother to get any part Of the lur-
niture he might need; have often lett
Cross Creek mt ) o'clock to make the west
qrp train at lIanlin's station; my father
had made previous visits to Cross Creek,
and left the village ut that hour
JOHN HINDMAN
said: | reside about one and half miles
from Golfers; know the defendant; saw
him Sunday, October 81; ls-G: he wanted
TO get nv brother to teach his school, and
left word for me to tell him; saw hun
rather rather late in the afternoon.
DAVID HALE:
! reside about half mile from llOlli- |
day Cove. Heard the alarm OF murder ON
Tuesday morning, and went up II he
McWha house, Herman Campbell being
few steps ahead of me. passed Baker
near the lower gate Us ! went To the house;
he was on the outside OF the gate crying
murder His wife and mOther-ln-law had
been murdered. ! went up after Squire
Lee. He made an order that nothing
should he disturbed. On Barclay Camp
belts order was appointed guard ut
the gate. Baker was making good deal
of noise at times. saw him lay his hand
on his wife'S body and rall on his wife IN
some manner. Mr.. Lee told him Ia come
away after Il while, and he did. ! did not
think that he acted like a man honestly !
grief stricken at such a calamity.
1t seemed to me that the arm that
Baker lifted was rigid.
JAMES WRIGHT
recalled for CTOSs-cSamInatlOn.
don't know - am bitterly hostile tn |
the prisoner; | never went to Baker and
told him if | was on the Jury | would he
all right; ! did advice Keaggic not 10 let |
bis son come here aud testify; | never got
into any controversy with him; never beat
him or had any difficulty with him; had
a talk with Keaggic and he said Baker,
counsel hIi been there and seen the boy,
MORE CUNNINGHAM
sworn. | am the keeper of the Jail;
there was a man named Gruber IN to see
Baker with whom he was talking about
tomhstoncs; did not hear any converse
ton between Gruber and Baker in regard
to the opening Of the door and lis being
slammed to Mrs. WcWha was not
present all the time Gruber was there, and
did not hear any conversation about the
shoes.
wM. CHAPMAN sam:
was in the Jail when Gruhrr was there
10 see Baker; did not hear any converse
ton about Mrs. McWha slunming the
door; heard very little that passed he
tween Grubcr and the prisoner and would !
not undertake to say exactly what the |
runN cr1tiOn VAS.
HERMAN CAMPBELL
SAID. My mother lives in Holiday Cove;
| know Baker; saw him on Monday OF
May 10th Just rs he got off the train; We
walked over 10 the postotlice together; his |
manner WAS about ~ usual at that time; |
We separated at the postotlirr; passed him |